UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites
Launch of new collaborative research project “DIGITAL GOVERNMENT IN THE TOURISM SECTOR”
To celebrate this year's UNWTO World Tourism Day (27.09.2018), which is dedicated to Tourism and the Digital Transformation, a new research project will be launched at USI. It will involve students of the Master in International Tourism. The research aims at providing...
Ilaria Rosani @ XVI INTERNATIONAL FORUM ‘LE VIE DEI MERCANTI’ WORLD HERITAGE & KNOWLEDGE
On Saturday, 16.06.2018, team member Ilaria Rosani held her first conference presentation at the "XVI INTERNATIONAL FORUM ‘LE VIE DEI MERCANTI’ WORLD HERITAGE & KNOWLEDGE" (Naples 14 June, Capri 15 & 16 June, 2018) at the Hotel La Palma in Capri. She talked...
New Interview about Information & Communication Technologies in Cultural Heritage published on Ancient History Encyclopedia
The interview of Chair holder, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni, with James Blake Wiener of Ancient History Encyclopedia about Information and Communication Technologies in Cultural Heritage was published on June 13, 2018 on their website. In this interview, Professor Lorenzo...
Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni & Università della Svizzera italiana have been acknowledged in the most recent UNWTO report
Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni and USI were mentioned in the acknowledgements of the most recent UNWTO (World Tourism Organization) report "Tourism for Development". The two-volume report was published in accord with the organization's "vision of advancing sustainability...
Prof. Cantoni @ VII Training Academy 2018 “Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe” from June, 12 – 15
UNESCO Chair holder, Prof. Lorenzo Cantoni , was a key note speaker of the upcoming VII Travel Academy 2018 "Innovation and New Trends in Cultural Routes: (Re)interpreting European Cultural Heritage" organized by the European Institute of Cultural Routes, the European...
Talk “Information practices of humanitarian organizations serving the undocumented: towards a conceptualization of Digital Sanctuary practices”
On May 28, 2018, Dr. Sara Vannini of the Universtiy of Washington (Seattle/ USA) gave a talk on "Information practices of humanitarian organizations serving the undocumented: towards a conceptualization of Digital Sanctuary practices" at Università della Svizzera...